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So this has been keeping me up at night. Did a high end remodel in a ski in ski out condo. I sat down on the couch and looked at the fireplace. Everythng is symmetrical accept the the sides next to fireplace.

On the left, there is the end of the fireplace and a steel weight bearing 2x2 beam.

Contractor says there was no way to make this symmetrical. The has to be a way to cut back the stone and make this look right? Or at least fudge it for the listing pixs

So this has been keeping me up at night. Did a high end remodel in a ski in ski out condo. I sat down on the couch and looked at the fireplace. Everythng is symmetrical accept the the sides next to fireplace.

On the left, there is the end of the fireplace and a steel weight bearing 2x2 beam.

Contractor says there was no way to make this symmetrical. The has to be a way to cut back the stone and make this look right? Or at least fudge it for the listing pixs

I don't have an answer either but that shit would drive me nuts....

I'd imagine cutting the firebox bigger might be a solution but I'm no engineer.

From a purely aesthetic point of view I’d consider (first photo shop) getting rid of the boxes either side of the fireplace and then use furniture or potted plants to obscure the imbalance. Problem then becomes that huge ass TV over the fireplace. The fact that it is off center vis-a-vis the fireplace will then be far more pronounced. For listing pics I’d get that TV off the wall even if you do nothing else.

Good question. Contractor blew off how we wanted this to look. We had a contraction window of 5 weeks so everything was rushed. This is a major issue for us.
Contractor has 10 % stake in it.
We are flipping it and itís in Aspen.

Good question. Contractor blew off how we wanted this to look. We had a contraction window of 5 weeks so everything was rushed. This is a major issue for us.
Contractor has 10 % stake in it.
We are flipping it and it’s in Aspen.